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I too have diconnected my flame heater due to a leak. I will tackle it this summer, rebuild or replace.............Has anyone used the new style sold by Memphis Equipment??????

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Sorry I didn't reply sooner I had no net for three days.........Had this truck for a year now. Where do you work in spfld?

Welcome, This is a great place to get help and ideas. By the way I'm only about 30 miles north of you off I55.

Just wanted to add that if you look carefully at the pics you can see the frost on the engine

Its a Kats 1500 watt #13150.............The cheapest place I could find them was on Amazon. Tractor supply has them although I don't know if they stock the 1500 watt model.

Installed a circulating tank style block heater on the deuce and it works great. After plugged in for only two hours the heater hoses, intake, and top radiator tank were already pretty warm. I mounted the tank to the pass side frame rail with the mount in the kit after tweaking it with a 180 deg...

REPORTING BACK......... Took the deuce for a good run today and had no leaks from the adapters although the temp here wasn't super low. When the temp drops super low again maybe I'll try again. [thumbzup]

I had the leaking adapter problem this summer. I replaced the paper gaskets and made sure everything was super clean. No leaks so far but now that it is cold, like everyone has said it might start again. I will be driving it tomorrow if I have leaks I will report back.

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Welcome to the MV addiction. It starts here and ends.............Uhhhh well I'm not really sure if it ever does end, I think in time it just gets worse.

I just love seeing these old MVS working.............Great looking Tractor and Trailer.[thumbzup]

I agree........When I installed my heater it was surplus, in the box, and never opened. But when I pulled the heater box out of the container the heater core lines were badly damaged, bent over and flatened. I imagine the container was dropped at one time. Any way, I took it to a local radiator...

Thanks for the replys guys......

Well there it is. Just wondering how much you can get out of them?

Nice truck........I think Illinois requires a designated zip code for a truck that size.

Rally???HMMMMMMMMMMM............ There is a place just south of Jacksonville IL. It is a pretty nice off road park, they hosted trucks gone wild this year and are gonna do it again next year. I work with a guy that is friends with the owners and I asked him about possibly having an event out...

I hear ya about the cold snap...............I've had my stove rollin for a couple weeks now.

Ok guys, Here it is............. The US DOT says that the max trailer width is 8'6" (102") and the M172A1 is about 9'7" (115") can somebody fill me in?????? Is she or ishe not legal???? Thanks.........

I had my Deuce at a car a couple months back and had a hard time keeping kids ,and their parents, off the truck. I finally lost my patience when an older child was hanging off of the mirror bracket while his clueless mother was snapping a picture of it. I asked his mother what she was doing and...